{ "dubitable":{ "giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{ "antonyms":[ "certain", "hands-down", "incontestable", "indisputable", "indubitable", "questionless", "sure", "undeniable", "undoubted", "unproblematic", "unquestionable" ], "examples":[ "some highly dubitable \"evidence\" that the stone tower was built by the Vikings" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "definitive", "clear", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "positive" ], "related":[ "alleged", "so-called", "supposed", "moot", "ambiguous", "open", "unclear", "uncertain", "undecided", "undetermined", "far-fetched", "flimsy", "improbable", "unlikely", "weak" ], "synonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "dodgy", "doubtable", "doubtful", "dubious", "equivocal", "fishy", "problematic", "problematical", "queer", "questionable", "shady", "shaky", "suspect", "suspicious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ducked":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "courted", "embraced", "pursued", "sought", "welcomed", "caught", "contracted", "incurred" ], "related":[ "missed", "averted", "deflected", "diverted", "obviated", "parried", "prevented", "warded (off)", "banned", "barred", "debarred", "eliminated", "excepted", "excluded", "precluded", "ruled out", "bypassed", "circumvented", "skirted", "foiled", "foxed", "frustrated", "outfoxed", "outsmarted", "outwitted", "overreached", "thwarted" ], "synonyms":[ "avoided", "dodged", "eluded", "escaped", "eschewed", "evaded", "finessed", "got around", "scaped", "shirked", "shook", "shuffled (out of)", "shunned", "weaseled (out of)" ] }, "to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "duck behind a pillar before they see us" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "avoided", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "parried", "shirked", "skirted", "deflected", "turned", "slid", "slipped" ], "synonyms":[ "dodged", "jinked", "sidestepped", "slalomed", "weaved", "zigzagged" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathed", "moistened", "soaked", "steeped", "wet", "wetted", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "dived", "dove", "plunged", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "dipped", "doused", "dowsed", "dunked", "immersed", "sopped", "soused", "submerged", "submersed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "ducking":{ "the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family" ], "near antonyms":[ "abidance", "endurance", "submission", "toleration" ], "related":[ "bypassing", "circumvention", "runaround", "sidestepping", "skirting", "averting", "deflection", "obviation", "precluding", "prevention" ], "synonyms":[ "avoidance", "cop-out", "dodging", "eluding", "elusion", "escape", "eschewal", "eschewing", "evasion", "out", "shaking", "shunning" ] }, "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "courting", "embracing", "pursuing", "seeking", "welcoming", "catching", "contracting", "incurring" ], "related":[ "missing", "averting", "deflecting", "diverting", "obviating", "parrying", "preventing", "warding (off)", "banning", "barring", "debarring", "eliminating", "excepting", "excluding", "precluding", "ruling out", "bypassing", "circumventing", "skirting", "foiling", "foxing", "frustrating", "outfoxing", "outsmarting", "outwitting", "overreaching", "thwarting" ], "synonyms":[ "avoiding", "dodging", "eluding", "escaping", "eschewing", "evading", "finessing", "getting around", "scaping", "shaking", "shirking", "shuffling (out of)", "shunning", "weaseling (out of)" ] }, "to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "duck behind a pillar before they see us" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "avoiding", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "parrying", "shirking", "skirting", "deflecting", "turning", "sliding", "slipping" ], "synonyms":[ "dodging", "jinking", "sidestepping", "slaloming", "weaving", "zigzagging" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathing", "moistening", "soaking", "steeping", "wetting", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "diving", "plunging", "thrusting" ], "synonyms":[ "dipping", "dousing", "dowsing", "dunking", "immersing", "sopping", "sousing", "submerging", "submersing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dulling":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to make white or lighter by removing color":{ "antonyms":[ "darkening", "deepening", "embrowning" ], "examples":[ "the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackening", "blotching", "checkering", "dappling", "daubing", "discoloring", "flecking", "marbling", "mottling", "patterning", "polychroming", "shading", "specking", "speckling", "splotching", "spotting", "streaking", "striating", "striping", "tarnishing", "variegating", "coloring", "dyeing", "painting", "pigmenting", "staining", "tincturing", "tingeing", "tinging", "tinting", "burnishing", "polishing", "shining" ], "related":[ "brightening", "lightening", "dimming", "matting", "etiolating", "whitewashing", "frosting", "silvering" ], "synonyms":[ "blanching", "bleaching", "blenching", "decolorizing", "fading", "paling", "snowing", "washing out", "whitening" ] }, "to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{ "antonyms":[ "sharpening", "whetting" ], "examples":[ "the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better" ], "near antonyms":[ "amplifying", "augmenting", "beefing (up)", "boosting", "consolidating", "deepening", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "magnifying", "redoubling", "stepping up", "strengthening", "animating", "arousing", "stimulating" ], "related":[ "muffling", "muting", "toning (down)", "decreasing", "diminishing", "lessening", "letting up (on)", "lowering", "reducing", "subduing", "debilitating", "enfeebling", "weakening", "dwindling", "receding", "subsiding", "tapering (off)", "waning", "alleviating", "easing", "lightening", "abating", "moderating" ], "synonyms":[ "benumbing", "blunting", "cauterizing", "dampening", "damping", "deadening", "numbing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dumbfounded":{ "affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery" ], "near antonyms":[ "blas\u00e9", "blase", "casual", "nonchalant", "unruffled" ], "related":[ "blindsided", "startled", "surprised", "surprized", "aghast", "appalled", "dismayed", "horrified", "bewildered", "confused", "dazed", "overwhelmed", "agape", "awed", "awesome", "openmouthed", "wide-eyed", "widemouthed" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "awestruck", "awestricken", "bowled over", "dumbstruck", "flabbergasted", "shocked", "stunned", "stupefied", "thunderstruck" ] }, "filled with amazement or wonder":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon" ], "near antonyms":[ "unimpressed", "disinterested", "incurious", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "uninterested", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "unemotional", "bored", "jaded" ], "related":[ "startled", "surprised", "surprized", "bemused", "bewildered", "puzzled", "overwhelmed", "staggered", "stunned", "stupefied" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "awed", "awestruck", "awestricken", "flabbergasted", "marveling", "marvelling", "openmouthed", "wondering" ] }, "to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "befuddled", "bewildered", "blew away", "blindsided", "confounded", "confused", "dazed", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "dismayed", "jarred", "muddled", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "perplexed", "shook up" ], "synonyms":[ "amazed", "astonished", "astounded", "bowled over", "flabbergasted", "floored", "rocked", "shocked", "startled", "stunned", "stupefied", "surprised", "surprized", "thunderstruck" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dumped":{ "to end a usually intimate relationship with":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him" ], "near antonyms":[ "hooked up (with)", "took", "befriended", "latched (on or onto)" ], "related":[ "brushed (aside or off)", "cold-shouldered", "cut", "high-hatted", "slighted", "snubbed", "abandoned", "deserted", "forsook", "marooned", "quit", "quitted" ], "synonyms":[ "blew off", "broke off (with)", "ditched", "jilted", "kissed off", "left" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dump the trash on the curb and go back inside" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopted", "embraced", "took on", "employed", "used", "utilized", "held", "held back", "kept", "retained" ], "related":[ "abandoned", "abdicated", "deserted", "forsook", "dismissed", "kicked out", "abolished", "annihilated", "eliminated", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extinguished", "extirpated", "liquidated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out" ], "synonyms":[ "cashiered", "cast (off)", "chucked", "deep-sixed", "discarded", "ditched", "eighty-sixed", "86'd", "exorcised", "exorcized", "flung (off or away)", "jettisoned", "junked", "laid by", "lost", "pitched", "rejected", "scrapped", "shed", "shucked (off)", "sloughed (off)", "sluffed (off)", "threw away", "threw out", "tossed", "unloaded" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dumping on":{ "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "applauding", "exalting", "extolling", "glorifying", "lauding", "magnifying", "praising" ], "examples":[ "Please stop dumping on your coworkers behind their backs." ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "countenancing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "favoring", "recommending", "sanctioning", "commending", "complimenting", "eulogizing" ], "related":[ "discommending", "abusing", "scolding", "disapproving (of)", "disliking", "censuring", "condemning", "criticizing", "denouncing", "reprehending", "reprobating", "aspersing", "defaming", "maligning", "ripping", "slandering", "slurring", "traducing", "vilifying", "discrediting", "disgracing" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "crying down", "decrying", "denigrating", "deprecating", "depreciating", "derogating", "diminishing", "discounting", "dismissing", "disparaging", "dissing", "kissing off", "minimizing", "playing down", "poor-mouthing", "putting down", "running down", "talking down", "trashing", "trash-talking", "vilipending", "writing off" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "dunderheaded":{ "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "a comedy featuring the antics of dunderheaded criminals" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dungeons":{ "a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The king threw them into the dungeon ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dunked":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathed", "moistened", "soaked", "steeped", "wet", "wetted", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "dived", "dove", "plunged", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "dipped", "doused", "dowsed", "ducked", "immersed", "sopped", "soused", "submerged", "submersed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "duperies":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ], "examples":[ "a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "related":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duplicitous":{ "given to or marked by cheating and deception":{ "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "honest", "straight" ], "examples":[ "warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer" ], "near antonyms":[ "conscientious", "decent", "ethical", "honorable", "just", "scrupulous", "upright", "forthright", "straightforward" ], "related":[ "unconscionable", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "deceitful", "deceiving", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "false", "artful", "beguiling", "cagey", "cagy", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "slick", "sly", "subtle", "wily", "defrauding", "devious", "furtive", "slippery", "sneaking", "sneaky", "trickish", "tricky", "insidious", "perfidious", "treacherous" ], "synonyms":[ "bent", "crooked", "deceptive", "dishonest", "double-dealing", "fast", "fraudulent", "guileful", "rogue", "shady", "sharp", "shifty", "underhand", "underhanded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "duplicity":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ], "examples":[ "we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "related":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duress":{ "the use of power to impose one's will on another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "complied with the order only under duress" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreement", "approval", "consent", "permission", "convincing", "persuasion", "reason", "suasion" ], "related":[ "browbeating", "bulldozing", "bullying", "fear", "intimidation", "menace", "sword", "terror", "terrorism", "threat", "violence", "squeeze", "squeeze play", "might", "muscle", "potency", "puissance", "strength", "hardheadedness", "self-will", "willfulness", "strain", "stress" ], "synonyms":[ "arm-twisting", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "force", "pressure" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "duty":{ "a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "direct tax", "personal tax", "capitation", "custom(s)", "excise", "hidden tax", "income tax", "poll tax", "property tax", "sales tax", "single tax", "sin tax", "tariff", "toll", "tribute", "value-added tax", "withholding tax", "supertax", "surcharge", "surtax", "death tax", "estate tax", "inheritance tax", "flat tax", "proportional tax" ], "synonyms":[ "assessment", "imposition", "impost", "levy", "tax" ] }, "a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the regular duties of a lifeguard" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chare", "char", "endeavor", "enterprise", "project", "stint", "undertaking", "care", "charge", "commission", "responsibility", "function", "mission", "office", "operation", "post", "errand", "circuit", "round", "route" ], "synonyms":[ "assignment", "chore", "job", "task" ] }, "something one must do because of prior agreement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I must obey the call of duty and serve my country" ], "near antonyms":[ "grace", "postponement", "stay", "discharge", "ease", "exemption", "release", "relief", "waiver", "loophole", "alternative", "choice", "option", "pick", "preference", "selection" ], "related":[ "oath", "pledge", "promise", "troth", "vow", "word", "arrangement", "prearrangement", "setup", "compact", "contract", "covenant", "pact", "trust", "debt", "payment", "tribute", "compulsion", "constraint", "restraint", "must", "requirement", "coercion", "duress", "force", "appointment", "engagement", "reservation", "onus" ], "synonyms":[ "burden", "charge", "commitment", "devoir", "do", "imperative", "incumbency", "need", "obligation", "office", "responsibility" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }